Elora's POV
The only sound that I hear is the ringing in my ear as I watched the chaos unfold in front of me. Everything slows down as I watched my boyfriend tried to reload his gun and the rest of our friends run up the stairs while the others shoot at those that tried to attack us. My vision suddenly spins as I clutched my stomach where it ached. I closed my eyes for a minute and tried to fight it off as the motions and sound slowly return to normal.
"Shoot them in the head!" Natasha shouted, "The head. Shoot them in the head. It's their weakness."
And the shooting continues as the rest of the group did what Natasha told trying to change their tactics. Slowly I see the sickos each fall down one by one until finally they didn't get back up this time when they were shot. I watched as Logan shoot the last one until I feel some sort of contraction in my chest and I had to move to the side and vomit. Olivia who was just beside me immediately came into aid. Caressing my back as she cooed me.
"What happened?" I heard Logan's voice said as a shuffling sounded followed.
"Don't." it was Erica's voice, "You came close contact with them. You and the others might be infected. Even if we know that the disease can only be passed down through bite we still have to be cautious."
"I understand. But i-is she alright?" Logan's voice sounded pained.
"She's fine. She just vomited. Might be because of the tension with the incident earlier."
"Okay." even if I am not looking I know that Logan nodded before combing his hair with his fingers. He always does that when he is nervous, "Okay, group meeting. Those that came close contact will have to wear a suit from the garage and help get rid of the dead bodies before they infect the others further. The rest of you take a bath to make sure you guys aren't contaminated. We'll meet again here in the deck to talk about our next steps. Natasha, Erica you take the first watch. Vince come with me."
Everyone did as was told as Olivia helped me get back to Logan and I's room. I just took a bath feeling a bit better than earlier but it didn't get rid of the squeezy feeling that I have in my chest.
I just took a pill and drank it before going back down where I can see the others already waiting for the rest of us. I joined the others as we went to the other side of the deck the ones that was in close contact on the other side creating distance. The scent of burning flesh wafted the air. I can see Logan and Vince downstairs just finishing up with their work. When they saw us they immediately went up but made a distance staying in the stairs. Logan and I locked eyes as he smiled at me.
"Are you okay?" he mouted as I nodded returning the gesture.
"Yeah."
He then moved his attention to the rest of the group, "So, we all now know the importance of the fence that we are creating. Starting now we will double the working hours. The rest of the group will be training self-defense not only during break time but now it would be an assigned task while the others take care of the fence. It will be a rotation now. Even those that are assigned with taking care of the food and place have to help to finish this quickly. Same goes with the guards. The only rest that we'll be having now is sleep. I know it is cruel but it's just for a few days. Once the fences are done we don't have to worry about that much anymore. Do you guys understand?"
Everyone muttered their agreement. I can see in their eyes how tired they already are without even starting with their tasks yet but we have to do this in order to survive. We can't complain if our life is at stake. Logan is only doing what is best for us.
